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Modern interpretations and usage [ edit ] The Sigil of Baphomet, the official insignia of the Church of Satan and LaVeyan Satanism, also used to symbolise Satanism. In the 1850’s Eliphas Levi included Baphomet in a two volume occult publication that was known as ‘ Dogma and the Rituals of High Magic.’ In this publication, he included a hand-drawn depiction of Baphomet that would become the defining image of the creature. His image depicted a humanoid creature with a goat’s had and women’s breasts. The Baphomet was also shown to have a large pair of wings, horns, and a pentagram on its forehead. Hand-drawn depiction of Baphomet The pentagram has long been associated with various magical and occult beliefs. Moreover, the pentagram has frequently represented mankind and the microcosm. Satanism, which reveres the accomplishments of humanity and encourages believers to embrace physical wants and desires. Satanists also equate the pentagram to "intellectual omnipotence and autocracy," as described by 19th-century occultist Eliphas Levi. Later in the 19th century, the name of Baphomet became further associated with the occult. Éliphas Lévi published Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie ("Dogma and Rituals of High Magic") as two volumes ( Dogme 1854, Rituel 1856), in which he included an image he had drawn himself, which he described as Baphomet and "The Sabbatic Goat", showing a winged humanoid goat with a pair of breasts and a torch on its head between its horns (see the illustration). This image has become the best-known representation of Baphomet. Lévi considered the Baphomet to be a depiction of the absolute in symbolic form and explicated in detail his symbolism in the drawing that served as the frontispiece: Levi, Eliphas (1896). Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual. Trans. Arthur Edward Waite. London: George Redway.

The Gnostics and Their Remains: Part V. Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons: The Templars". www.sacred-texts.com. First Look: The 7ft Satanic 'Baphomet' Demon Statue Is Coming Along Nicely (PICTURES)". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. 2 May 2014. In describing the graphic, de Guaita only slightly expands on Lévi and says nothing about Samael, Lilith, or Leviathan. After describing the point-up pentagram as a white-light symbol of man “voluntarily rejoined in the providential plan,” de Guaita notes: Twyman, Tracy R.; Rivera, Alexander (31 October 2015). "Pacts with the Devil". Baphomet: The Temple Mystery Unveiled. Tracy R. Twyman. ISBN 978-0692580769. Another name for Saturn in ancient times was the sun. On the other hand, ancient people thought the Mars was between the Earth and the sun.Barber, Malcolm (2006). The Trial of the Templars (2nded.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-67236-8. Prior to the worldwide press given the Church of Satan—and later the publication of The Satanic Bible — the now familiar goat / pentagram / “Leviathan” graphic had not been used as the prime symbol for Satanism. Our younger readers may find this hard to believe, but it is a fact. Games, Alex; Coren, Victoria (2007). Balderdash and Piffle, One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner. ISBN 978-1846072352.

a b c d e f g Strube, Julian (2016). "The 'Baphomet' of Eliphas Lévi: Its Meaning and Historical Context" (PDF). Correspondences: An Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism. 4: 37–79. ISSN 2053-7158. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017 . Retrieved 31 March 2020. The Church of Satan decided on a point-down orientation. This allows them to place the goat-head within the figure. In addition, according to writers such as Levi, this was the "infernal" orientation, and thus seemed the appropriate orientation for Satanism. Finally, the point-down figure represents spirit subsumed by the four physical elements, rejecting the notion that the physical world is dirty and taboo and that the spirit should rise about it. Satanic Temple Unveils Baphomet Statue at Arkansas Capitol". U.S. News & World Report. 16 August 2018. Wright, Thomas (1865). "The Worship of the Generative Powers During the Middle Ages of Western Europe". In Knight, Richard Payne (ed.). A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. London: J. C. Hotten.

The Church of Satan specifically associates it with the Goat of Mendes, which they also call Baphomet. For them, it represents "the hidden one, he who abides in all things, the soul of all phenomena." The Hebrew Letters